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The poetry community
In what sort of ways can young people get involved in the poetry community?
  1. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  10. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  11. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  12. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  13. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  14. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  15. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  16. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  17. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  18. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
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